MiG-31 showing Zaslon antenna | |
Country of origin | Russia |
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Type | PESA |
Range | 400 km for 20 m2 RCS[1][2](282 km for 5 m2[3]) |
Diameter | 1.4 meters |
The Russian (former USSR) BRLS-8B "Zaslon" (Barrier) is an all-weather multimode airborne radar developed between 1975 and 1980 by the Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design as part of the weapons control system of the MiG-31 supersonic interceptor. The NATO reporting name for the radar is Flash Dance with the designations "SBI-16", "RP-31", "N007" and "S-800" also being associated with the radar.